FoodCorps Responds to USDA Cuts to Local Food Spending
FoodCorps Applauds Student Advocacy for Safe Schools
FoodCorps stands with all those who are mobilizing to seek solutions to the crisis of gun violence in our nation’s schools.
FoodCorps and School Food Focus to Merge: Your Questions Answered
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School Food Focus and FoodCorps to merge, uniting champions of healthy school meals
FoodCorps today announced it will bring the work of School Food Focus into its existing operations connecting kids to healthy food in schools. This move boosts FoodCorps’ ability to support schools across the country in procuring more local, nutritious foods for their cafeterias, providing kids with access to healthier school meals.
January 2018 Policy Update
Welcome to 2018 – it’s going to be a busy policy year! In D.C., we anticipate continued advocacy around AmeriCorps funding (more on that below) and Congress will continue debating and drafting the reauthorization of the Farm Bill, which includes some important priorities for FoodCorps.
FoodCorps Alumni Featured on Southern Living
Mississippi alumni Lauren Rhoades and Liz Broussard were profiled in Southern Living’s “30 Incredible Women Moving Southern Food Forward.”
FoodCorps Alumna Pioneering New Approaches to Education
Students who don’t think they are “into” science or who may find traditional science courses daunting should step into master’s candidate Arla Casselman’s classroom.
FoodCorps focuses on better nutrition through curiosity
Growing up, easy access to fresh, healthy food was a consistent part of Linnea Mack’s life. It wasn’t until she got a little bit older that she realized that wasn’t the case for everybody.
Garden-based lessons support farms, academics in Oregon school
NORTH POWDER — Standing in North Powder Charter School’s garden, Desiree McGinn climbed onto a raised bed to address the 24 students who gathered around her. Onions, potatoes, kale, bell peppers, carrots and tomatoes were ready to be harvested by the students on a recent Monday afternoon.
FoodCorps and C&S Wholesale Grocers Announce Winner of Fourth Annual Victory Growers Award
In honor of National Hunger Action month, FoodCorps and C&S Wholesale Grocers are announcing the winner and runners-up of an essay contest aimed at raising awareness of hunger in schools.
Norwalk Schools Receive $52K Grant To Expand Breakfast Program
NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk Public Schools has been awarded a $52,000 grant from the American Association of School Administrators. The grant money will fund equipment needed to expand a “grab ‘n go” breakfast program piloted last year at Brookside Elementary School to a majority of schools across the district.